Does giantpanda.com block AI crawlers?
Open to AI crawlers
giantpanda.com doesn't block any of the major AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt.
Checked from giantpanda.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 0 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 8
- llms.txt
- Published
- Popularity
- Tranco top 5,000 (#3,315)
Can AI assistants cite giantpanda.com?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawlers may read the site
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawlers may read the site
giantpanda.com doesn't opt out of AI model training through robots.txt. Training crawlers and answer crawlers are separate: blocking training doesn't by itself remove a site from AI answers.
AI crawler access, bot by bot
| Crawler | Used for | Status on giantpanda.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Some paths restricted |
How giantpanda.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; giantpanda.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; giantpanda.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; giantpanda.com does not.
- Among 162 sites of similar popularity, 26% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Allow: / Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /apply Disallow: /studio User-agent: GPTBot Allow: / Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /studio User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Allow: / Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /studio User-agent: ChatGPT-User Allow: / Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /studio User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: / Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /studio User-agent: ClaudeBot Allow: / Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /studio User-agent: anthropic-ai Allow: / Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /studio User-agent: Applebot-Extended Allow: / Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /studio User-agent: Google-Extended Allow: / Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /studio
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does giantpanda.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, giantpanda.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from giantpanda.com?
Its robots.txt doesn't block OAI-SearchBot or ChatGPT-User, so ChatGPT's search crawlers may read it. Whether pages are actually shown depends on ChatGPT.
Does giantpanda.com have an llms.txt file?
Yes — giantpanda.com/llms.txt was found when we checked.
Data: giantpanda.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.